About Dr. Sears

Dr. Barry Sears is a leading authority on the dietary control of hormonal response. A former research scientist at the Boston University School of Medicine and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dr. Sear has dedicated his research efforts over the past 30 years to the study of lipids. He holds 13 U.S. patents in the areas of intravenous drug delivery technology for cancer drugs and dietary modulation of hormones for the treatment of heart disease and diabetes.

He is the creator of the Zone Diet, which was developed as a dietary approach to reduce inflammation induced by the dietary manipulation of hormones. Dr. Sears has written 12 books on the subject of anti-inflammatory diets, including the #1 New York Times bestseller, The Zone. His books have sold more than 5 million copies in the United States and have been translated into 22 languages.

His research has elevated food from more than simply a source of calories to being recognized as an exceptionally powerful drug. Because of his revolutionary research, Dr. Sears has been a frequent guest on many national programs such as 20/20, Today, Good Morning America, CBS Morning News, CNN, and MSNBC.

Dr. Sears is the chairman of MedWell Foods as well as the president of the non-profit Inflammation Research Foundation located in Marblehead, MA, where he continues his clinical research into the role of anti-inflammatory diets in the treatment of diabetes, cancer, and neurological conditions.

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